Official How to Make Your Computer Fast, Efficient, and Clean Thread

Once you setup your computer exactly the way you want it, download Norton Ghost. It allows you to save an image of your computer, that way if/when you fuck it up, you can easily restore it back to its original state.

^At some computing security convention (a.k.a hackers meetup), the OSX operating system was broken into the fastest, with windows XP a full 24 hours later atleast, and a Linux distro last, a few hours after Win XP.

I've used both and can easily say that Kaspersky is just as great as nod32. For you, in particular, a person with a relatively old computer and low resources, and with a seemingly innocent digital agenda, nod32 is the right program for you.

My computer's relatively faster after all the suggestions I got from you faggernuts (jk laff). I'm downloading, illegally obvi, the newest version of TuneUp Utilities, so I'll see how it goes.

What pissed me off about my McAfee All-in-One was that it was dependent on IE, and I blocked my programs from using IE as the primary internet explorer. So since I blocked IE, all I get is this wack ass shit when I open up McAfee:

Fuck that shit. I'll delete my McAfee right after this. It hasn't really helped me at all, considering how whenever a message shows up saying there's a potentially harmful program etc., McAfee doesn't do shit, even after I click it to repair/clean/delete it.

I've used both and can easily say that Kaspersky is just as great as nod32. For you, in particular, a person with a relatively old computer and low resources, and with a seemingly innocent digital agenda, nod32 is the right program for you.

yeah i've used both too but since i've started using kaspersky i love it. best anti-virus program I have used. hope my list of programs helped you guys

i have the newest version of internet explorer but i don't actually use it. unless firefox is messing up a website or something. i found a bunch of errors on my desktop when i first ran it after like 5 years haha

Right now, it's defragmenting and all the problems are gone. My computer's a little bit laggy because of the whole defragmenting.

I still have no clue what that means, but it sounds good, so why not?

When a file on your computer too big to store in the place on the hard drive where it was originally created, it gets cut up and spread out into various places (thing of a fragmentation grenade, bits and pieces of the file all over the harddrive). Naturally, it will take your drive longer to use the file because of the need to do more operations. Since this is a mechanical process (the harddrive heads and platter need to move around) it's slower than a purely digital process and thus will greatly affect system performance.

Periodically it's good to "defrag" the hard drive. If you've never done it, it may take a long time the first time. But if you do it regularly, such as once a month, it's a lot faster. When you defragment your harddrive, the software does some fancy calculations and tells the hardrive to put the pieces of the file back together as a whole, and thus eliminating the need for the headers and platters to move around too much, therefore speeding up your system. Here's a harddrive in action.

I just did almost every function that TuneUp had to offer, and my computer's definitely wayyy faster by at least 14x.

On a sidenote, if I were somewhat interested in XP themes, is it recommended? I heard WindowsBlind or ThemeXP can fuck up your computer and make it slower?

Thumbs up or thumbs down?

And even though I did the Accelerate your Download Speed in TuneUp, my download rate is still only 30kb/sec. Is this just because of my internet connection?

XP theme programs will use some system RAM, leaving less availble for use by other programs. You'll notice it slowing the system down in that regard. However, if you upgrade your RAM, then it will be unnoticeable.

When you use the Download Speed app in Tuneup, you have to make sure you're chossing the option that best corresponds to your internet connection. For my 10MBps connection, I'm not gonna choose the 512Kb option.

Go to Speedtest.netDo a few runs, and choose the middle of the pack measurement. Then go to Tuneup and choose the options taht best corresponds with your speed.

avoid 'tuneup' apps or whatever rubbish you guys are talking about, them along with antivirus programs are a complete waste of time. They just consume resources and perform default actions anyways.

All you need is a third party defrag (I use O&O), adaware, and maybe a registry cleaner. Plus, just categorise and be a neater person in habit, be careful of what your download and don't use IE and you'll avoid a lot of problems.